책상

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 冊床, from 冊 (“book”) + 床 (“bed”)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰɛks͈a̠ŋ] ~ [t͡ɕʰe̞ks͈a̠ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [책쌍/첵쌍]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?chaeksang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?chaegsang
McCune–Reischauer?ch'aeksang
Yale Romanization?chayk.sang

Noun

책상 • (chaeksang) (hanja 冊床)

  1. desk

Derived terms
  • 책상다리 (冊床‒, chaeksangdari, “sitting cross-legged”)
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